1927 births,
American actor-singers,
American anti-war activists,
American folk singers,
American male singers,
American socialists,
Anti-apartheid activists,
Calypsonians,
Emmy Award winners,
Grammy Award winners,
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners,
Hollywood Walk of Fame,
Jamaican American musicians,
Jamaican Americans,
Jubilee Records artists,
Kennedy Center honorees,
New York Democrats,
People from Manhattan,
People from New York City,
People of Jamaican descent,
Tony Award winners,
United States National Medal of Arts recipients